"We picked the 384 'best' colleges for our book primarily for their outstanding academics. We highly recommend each one," said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's editor-in-chief and the book's lead author.

The guide does not rank schools from 1 to 384 in any category. Instead, it uses students' ratings of their particular school to compile 62 ranking lists of top 20 colleges.

UL ranked high in "Town-Gown Relations", which is the connection between the University and its environs.